Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Special Events
I am quite delighted to have a display for this weekend, of delicate (yet sturdy), rusted metal poppies from Wired for Living. Barry and Lee delivered them here for you to see (perhaps to buy!) on their way home to Bendigo after the Collectors’ Plant Fair a...
Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Special Events
The big week has arrived. Open Garden this weekend, 2 & 3 May. Come what may!
Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Special Events
Wonderful water! Gushing, spilling, rushing with a roar, flushing out previously stagnant pools; eddying and bubbling, before slowing to a flow, filling the creek bed and meandering away on its journey to the river. It’s such a rare occurrence that I find...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Special Events
One of a pair of old persimmon trees showing early signs of orange-tinted foliage, behind the boldly structural leaves of Agave americana. The passage of colour (given this week’s chill factor) should be perfect (fingers crossed!) for Open...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Special Events
And so the countdown to Open Garden begins! 2 weeks away, ’til 2 & 3 May, with preparations well underway! The kitchen garden has newly-built structures of beautiful black bamboo that Alex and I cut over at Brownlow Hill a month or so ago. (For those who...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening, Seasonal Cooking, Special Events
Where oh where do the days vanish to? I don’t know, but perhaps it’s just ‘that time of year’! There is so much happening…in the garden, preparing for events, cooking (to name just a few distractions), which is why there’s not been...
